The Sorrows of Conception (3): The Christian Woman’s Comfort

Two children are taking a winter walk alongside of a big man. One is the man’s child while the other is a stranger who happened along and joined them for their walk. As they walk along, they come to a patch of ice on the sidewalk. Both children run gleefully forward, begin sliding, slip, fall and injure themselves. You can picture this injury to be a slight bruise or a severe fracture, this makes no difference. What is the reaction of the children? Well, the child whose father is nearby...